Three people killed in Chunchula, Three Notch Road wrecks

Three people were killed in two separate car wrecks Saturday evening, according to Alabama State Troopers.

One person was reported critically injured.

Two were killed in a 6 p.m. wreck on U.S. 45 near Roberts Road in Chunchula. And one was killed on Three Notch Road near Quimby Drive in southwest Mobile less than an hour later.

In Chunchula, a car traveling north crossed over the center line and collided with a car traveling south, said Trooper Greg Eubanks. The northbound vehicle ran off the road, overturned and ejected one of the passengers, who was killed.

Eubanks said that person was not wearing a seatbelt.

Another person, thought to have been wearing a seatbelt, also was killed. And a passenger was taken to the University of South Alabama Medical Center in critical condition, Eubanks said.

Eubanks said he did not believe the passengers in the other vehicle were injured.

Then, closer to 7 p.m., two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision, hitting each other on a curve, Eubanks said.

Eubanks said three or four other passengers were involved in that wreck, but none of the others had serious injuries.

Troopers were still trying to notify family late Saturday, Eubanks said, and declined to release names.